This year’s turbulent primary season, which hit a crescendo this month with David Brat’s upset victory over House majority leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, is an opportunity for conservatives to reflect. Why have our political leaders struggled so much to capture the enthusiasm of the conservative grassroots? Why did…

The centennial of Ronald Reagan's birth earlier this year brought an unusual sight: a round of press reports noting President Obama's admiration for his predecessor, including one he penned for this newspaper.
Despite their stark differences on policy, Obama praised Reagan for how he led the nation "through an extremely difficult period, with economic hardship at…

Well, that didn’t take long. Less than one month after Osama bin Laden's demise, President Obama's poll numbers dropped back below 50%. According to a Washington Post / ABC poll, the bin Laden bounce is gone, replaced by growing concern over the state of America's economy. This is not merely a political challenge, but a challenge for our nation. President Obama and his…

Experts in the art of negotiation will tell you never to take a hostage you are not willing to shoot. And it appears President Obama has identified his latest legislative hostage — the pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
In a call with reporters, the White House’s top economist, Gene Sperling, explained that the administration would…

As the Senate Armed Services Committee readies classified hearings for Wednesday this week on the technical verifiability of the new START treaty
, the right wing of the Republican Party has come out swinging. The Heritage Foundation has created an independent group with the purpose of pressing their views on the treaty, Heritage Action for America, They contacted…

The Heritage Foundation has been called "the beast" of all think tanks. Last week our beast added new fangs with the creation of a new advocacy organization. This institution—Heritage Action for America—will be able to spend money to push legislation we think the country needs without the obstacles faced by a nonprofit like the Heritage Foundation.
Heritage Action,…

In mid-December, American representatives led by Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Paulson will travel to Beijing to kick off the
U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue. These talks will be an
ongoing, high-level series of meetings which will take place each
year, alternating between the U.S. and China. Within the context of
these discussions, Paulson and his Chinese…

North Korea has
decided to rejoin the six-party nuclear-disarmament talks it walked
out of last year. The world should welcome this decision but also
recognize that it is only an initial step toward North Korea's
denuclearization.
It is important to
keep in mind that the six-party talks are a means to an end, which
is the complete and verifiable removal of…

Last week Stephen
Young, America's de facto ambassador in Taipei, Taiwan, held
his first substantive press conference with Taiwan's media to
deliver the most recent iteration of the Bush Administration's
"Taiwan Policy." Ambassador Young made it clear that he was
speaking authoritatively on behalf of the Administration, having
just returned to Taipei from…

The Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has once again raised the stakes
in its showdown with the rest of the world by announcing it
successfully conducted a test of a nuclear weapon on October 8. It
is not a surprise that the DPRK has a nuclear weapon-United States
intelligence estimates have shown for some time now that the DPRK
possesses at least one or…

You can always count on the forces of
protectionism to emerge once election season starts. It's a cheap
way for politicians to wrap themselves in the flag, even if the
policies would harm the nation. One favorite whipping boy for those
who believe America is on the decline: China's policy of aligning
its currency with ours.
Take the proposal of Sens. Chuck…

China's latest
United Nations veto threat should convince even the most generous
diplomat that Beijing is part of the problem in North Korea, not a
"partner" in a solution. If it ever hopes to get a solution,
Washington should now make Beijing's policy toward North Korea a
vital test of China's ability and desire to be a "responsible
stakeholder" in the…

Adding an
international relations angle to America's Independence Day
celebration, North Korea fired six missiles yesterday, and at least
one more today, into the Sea of Japan. Among these missiles was the
Taepodong 2 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which failed
approximately 40 seconds into its flight. These launches, while a
provocation that will…

Professor Ward Churchill stirred up the proverbial
hornet's nest when he publicly insulted the victims of the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Now many of his students and
colleagues at the University of Colorado have jumped to his defense
- and, in the process, illustrated the double standards infecting
our nation's universities.
Suddenly, the same academic…

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